Richard Brandt

Book author, freelance science and technology journalist, opinionated political junkie, carpenter, tinkerer, environmentalist

[Richard Brandt @rlbrandt]

Countertop oven for sale https://t.co/IRp5XAp9sO

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@nathaliejacoby1 Support for same-sex marriage is a fundamental right. Nobody has the right to interfere with someone's private life and beliefs when that life and belief harms no one. Let people live their own lives.

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One question: Is Elon Musk crazy?

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Elon Musk: Head Twit?

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Personally, I'm surprised at how Elon Musk seems to be destroying his credibility on Twitter.

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Note that the new version is more easily spread -- NOT necessarily more powerful or easily spread to people who are vaccinated. Jury is out on those issues. Free article.

What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus

https://t.co/dYfw6Mgk7p

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Free article on new coronavirus:
What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus

https://t.co/dYfw6Mgk7p

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Earth's energy imbalance removes almost all doubt from human-made climate change https://t.co/yRX70c5pr9 via @nbcnews

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I'm so sad that dim-witted politicians keep spreading their ignorance and stupidity.
Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading covid-19 misinformation
By Bryan Pietsch

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"My mother had a ‘vaccine passport’ from decades ago. So why are we so averse to the idea now?"
Opinion by Karen Tumulty

https://t.co/mngGDdQiDz

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"Mr. McCarthy’s choices seem solely designed to make a circus of the proceedings..."

Pelosi must not let Kevin McCarthy’s cynical gambit spoil the Jan. 6 investigation
Opinion by the Editorial Board

https://t.co/judWLh1SGv

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Gee, Coronavirus is real after all. “I can’t say it enough. ... I believe in the science of vaccination.” --- Fox Toady Sean Hannity, who previously called the virus a hoax.
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany and Mike DeBonis

https://t.co/pNg8OjSx4y

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"... a jump in hospitalizations and deaths among the unvaccinated poses a particular challenge ... in more conservative parts of the country, where resistance to new restrictions is strong ..."

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"This virus doesn’t have to hold you back any longer. It doesn’t have to hold our economy back any longer. But the only way we put it behind us is if more Americans get vaccinated,” President Biden said Monday.
By Jeff Stein and Heather Long

https://t.co/NYwObPFvyF

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@Climatologist49 Yeah, it's a hot one. Like seven inches from the mid-day sun.

Or climate change.

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Supreme Court will not hear transgender bathroom rights dispute, a win for Va. student who sued his school for discrimination
By Robert Barnes

https://t.co/tOu6U4Jri5

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Did novel coronavirus come from a Chinese research lab after all?
"The United States’ top health official called Tuesday for a swift follow-up investigation into the coronavirus’s origins...
Free article

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Trump Org. investigation: N.Y attorney general now exploring possible criminal conduct - The Washington Post
"Trump, breaking with tradition among sitting presidents, had refused to release his tax records to the public as his predecessors did."

https://t.co/ePi2LKg3Yt

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@marcushjohnson Only makes sense. Why criticize being overly safe? Viruses are primarily transmitted in the air.

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FBI was aware prominent Americans, including Giuliani, were targeted by Russian influence operation
By Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris and Tom Hamburger

https://t.co/7KOK0utBlX